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A fourth note on recent research in geometrical probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Adrian Baddeley
Adrian Baddeley*
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The Australian National University
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∗ Now at the University of Cambridge.
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Abstract

Recent research on topics related to geometrical probability is reviewed. The survey includes articles on random points, lines, line-segments and flats in Euclidean spaces, the random division of space, coverage, packing, random sets, stereology and probabilistic aspects of integral geometry.

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GEOMETRICAL PROBABILITYRANDOM POLYTOPESINTEGRAL THEOREMSPOINT PROCESSESRANDOM LINESBUFFON'S PROBLEMBUFFON-SYLVESTER PROBLEMRANDOM SECANTSRANDOM LINE-SEGMENTSPOISSON FLATSRANDOM DIVISION OF SPACEVORONOI AND DELAUNAY TESSELLATIONSRANDOM PATTERNSRANDOM COVERAGERANDOM CLUMPINGRANDOM PACKINGPARKINGMONTE CARLO SIMULATIONRANDOM SETSMATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGYSTEREOLOGYPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONINTEGRAL GEOMETRYGEOMETRICAL STATISTICSEDGE EFFECTS

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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1977 , pp. 824 - 860
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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